Analysis & Opinion

TOKYO Feb 26 (Reuters) - Mizuho Financial Group,
Japan's second-largest lender by assets, said it was aiming for
550 billion yen ($5.9 billion) in net profit for the year ending
in March 2016, up 10 percent from the 500 billion yen it has
forecast for the current financial year.
($1 = 93.8000 Japanese yen)
(Reporting by Taiga Uranaka; Editing by Chris Gallagher)